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OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Junior wide receiver Chaz Lyles threw for two touchdowns, rushed for one and had a TD reception as Stevenson downed Wilkes 33-21 in Middle Atlantic Conference football at a sold-out Mustang Stadium Saturday afternoon for Homecoming.

After the two teams traded empty opening drives, Stevenson (6-2, 5-1 MAC) went 81 yards in 11 plays, and a 14-yard rush on a direct snap to Lyles on fourth-and-1 put the Mustangs up 6-0 with 4:52 left in the quarter.

Wilkes (4-4, 3-3 MAC) went 45 yards in six plays and a four-yard completion from Jose Tabora to Jason Wiley put the Colonels up 7-6 with 11:20 left before halftime.

Stevenson's ensuing drive stalled out at midfield, but a Wilkes player muffed the catch attempt on the punt and was recovered by Vincent Lee at the 6.

One play later, Lyles threw a six-yard completion to Titus Johnson to put the Mustangs up 13-7 at the 8:32 mark.

Wilkes moved down to the Mustang 21, but on second-and-10, a pass from Tabora was deflected by Brody Coleman.

On the next play, Coleman came up with an interception on the Mustang 2 with 3:26 left.

After a 53-yard completion from Crabb to Sebastien Vainqueur to move Stevenson to Colonel territory on the first play of the drive, Lyles completed his second pass of the day, a 45-yard strike to Johnson after he took a lateral from Crabb, to make it 20-7 with 2:50 to go.

Starting at their own 23, Wilkes moved down to Stevenson's 23 and appeared poised to score as Tabora completed a pass to Jeff Steeber, who got to the 2. Brian Latham put a hit on Steeber and forced a fumble, which he recovered in the end zone with 12 seconds left.

Stevenson recovered its own kickoff to start the half, as Branden Ribeiro's kick went off a Colonel player and was recovered by Brad Kinckner at the Wilkes 46.

It took four plays for Stevenson to score, as Crabb found Lyles for a 36-yard completion and a 26-7 lead with 1:48 gone in the half.

The Colonels responded with a nine-play, 79-yard drive capped by a 30-yard Tabora rush to cut the Mustang lead to 26-14 with 8:23 to go.

A Mustang fumble on the first play after the kickoff put Wilkes at the Stevenson 15, but after an eight-yard completion on the first Colonel play of the drive, Coleman came up with his second interception of the game in the end zone.

Stevenson came up with its sixth takeaway of the game with 9:41 left as Don Jones and Jake Clayton sacked Tabora at the Wilkes 14 and the fumble was recovered by Hanif Jones.

On 3rd-and-12 from the 16, Crabb's 16-yard completion with 8:17 left to Lee extended Stevenson's lead to 33-14.

After taking over at midfield following the kickoff, Wilkes needed one play, a 49-yard strike from Tabora to Nick Yanik, to again slash the lead to 12 with exactly 8:00 left.

After Stevenson ran 2:58 off the clock on a 25-yard drive, Wilkes turned it over on downs, and the Mustangs were able to run out the clock over the final 3:59.

Stevenson held the ball for 13:10 in the final quarter.

Lyles finished with 11 catches for 113 yards and a touchdown, four runs for 41 yards and a score, and was 2-2 passing for 51 yards and two TDs.

Crabb finished 21-26 passing for 229 yards and a pair of passing touchdowns.

Johnson finished with three receptions for 56 yards and two scores and carried six times for 19 yards.

The Mustangs outgained Wilkes 377-352, including 97-52 on the ground.

Stevenson recorded its third straight victory and its sixth in the last seven games.

Stevenson had a takeaway on defense for the 63rd straight game, recovering four Wilkes fumbles and posting a pair of interceptions. The six takeaways were the most since the 2016 season opener against North Carolina Wesleyan, when the defense also forced six turnovers.

Mike Datu finished with nine tackles for Stevenson, including 1.5 tackles for a loss, a sack and a forced fumble.

Jones had six tackles, which included a pair of sacks, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery.